CBS to Make Under the Dome Available on Amazon Prime Just Four Days After it Airs

CBS has announced plans to make Under the Dome available on Amazon Prime just four days after the episodes air. The serialized drama from Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Television, based on Stephen King’s best-selling novel of the same name, will premiere on the CBS Television Network on June 24, 2013. Amazon Prime members will have unlimited streaming of all the series’ episodes four days after their initial broadcast on CBS, at no additional cost. They will also be available for purchase and download exclusively at Amazon Instant Video.

The series tells the story of a small New England town that is suddenly and inexplicably sealed off from the rest of the world by an enormous transparent dome. First published by Simon & Schuster's Scribner in 2009 the novel was an Amazon.com bestseller in both Books and Kindle Books in 2009.

“Amazon has the distinct combination of having a terrific video service with a huge fan base among their customers for Stephen King’s book, making them the perfect partner for this summer programming event,” said Scott Koondel, Chief Corporate Content Licensing Officer, CBS Corporation. “With this innovative agreement, we’re giving fans more options to watch and stay current with this serialized series, and doing so in a way that protects the Television Network’s C3 advertising window.”

For its part, just last week, Amazon announced that Prime Instant Video will soon become the exclusive online subscription home for PBS hit Downton Abbey, and they are quickly making moves to try and catch Netflix in terms of original content creation.

And the content wars rage on…

Roth Cornet is an Entertainment Editor for IGN. You can follow her on Twitter at @RothCornet and IGN at Roth-IGN.